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the French National Organized Crime Prosecutor's Office (PNACO) issued a statement on Friday stating that France has launched judicial investigations into 12 cryptocurrency kidnapping cases orchestrated by organized crime groups, and has indicted 88 suspects, including more than 10 minors.According to statistics, since 2023, France has recorded 135 cryptocurrency-related attacks, including 18 in 2024, 67 in 2025, and 47 so far in 2026. The accused individuals face charges including kidnapping, illegal detention, extortion, and money laundering. Recently, police arrested six suspects in two operations targeting kidnapping cases, and all individuals are currently in preventive detention. CertiK blockchain intelligence analyst Jonathan Riss stated that the masterminds behind such criminal gangs are typically located outside the European Union.
QCP Group’s analysis states that U.S.-Iran negotiations have once again collapsed, while the Middle East ceasefire continues, leaving the overall geopolitical landscape relatively static. A shooting incident occurred at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, with Trump suspected as the target. Following Asia’s market open, BTC briefly surged past $79,000 and ETH above $2,400—but gains quickly reversed amid concerns triggered by news of Iran’s Foreign Minister traveling to Russia for talks with Putin. Since early April, BTC has rallied over 14% cumulatively, marking four consecutive weeks of positive closes. Spot ETFs recorded nine straight days of net inflows totaling approximately $2.11 billion. Strategy funds added over $3.8 billion worth of BTC in the past month. The current key resistance level for BTC lies near the CME gap around $82,000. BTC perpetual contract funding rates remain persistently negative; a breakout above this level could trigger short-covering. Implied volatility continues declining, and risk-reversal skew has narrowed somewhat, signaling gradually rising market interest in upside exposure. Key events this week: - April 29: Earnings reports from Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Google, plus the FOMC interest-rate decision. - April 30: Apple earnings report, U.S. Q1 GDP data, and March PCE inflation data.
According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, the associated party of the CHIP deployment address deposited 7,500 tokens into OKX one hour ago, valued at $5.73 million. This address was created three days ago, and its funding source address is 0xE23…9ca05, which is the CHIP token deployment address. After receiving these tokens two days ago, the entire amount was deposited into the exchange today. Wallet address: 0xB9f1…49e2.
according to official sources, OKX Agent Trade Kit has launched the "Smart Money Signal Suite," which integrates the real-time positions, win rates, and profit/loss data of over 1,000 popular traders from OKX Star and packages them as signal tools callable by AI Agents. This suite supports long/short market analysis and allows for multi-dimensional analysis including capital weighting, trader screening, and signal quality evaluation. Additionally, the system can track trend changes and sentiment shifts, providing auxiliary support for trading decisions. These features have been integrated into the Agent Trade Kit, and users can access them after upgrading to the latest version.It is reported that OKX Agent Trade Kit is an open-source exchange MCP toolset designed for AI Agents and professional traders. It previously launched suites such as "Skill Square," "Market Screening and Open Interest Analysis," and "Sentiment Radar."
According to a report from CoinShares' research department, digital asset investment products recorded net inflows of $1.2 billion this week, marking the fourth consecutive week of positive inflows. Total assets under management (AuM) rose to $155 billion, the highest level since February 1st. Bitcoin led the way, recording $933 million in inflows, bringing its year-to-date total to $4 billion. Ethereum saw inflows exceeding $190 million for the third consecutive week. XRP returned to net inflows after a week of outflows. On a regional basis, the United States dominated this week's inflows ($1.1 billion), while Germany, Switzerland, and Canada also recorded positive inflows, indicating broadening demand. Additionally, blockchain equity ETFs attracted a total of $617 million over the past three weeks, setting a new weekly inflow record, reflecting growing institutional investor interest in the sector. The market is currently focused on the FOMC meeting on April 28-29, which could create some short-term volatility in sentiment.
according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, since the afternoon of April 23, Binance's contract open interest has risen from 2.31 billion to a peak of 3.23 billion DOGE, an increase of 920 million DOGE, approximately $100 million, representing a growth rate of 39.8%. During the same period, the token's price only rose by a maximum of 5%.
According to official sources, MGBX will list Gnosis (GNO) spot trading at 18:00 (SGT) on April 27, 2026.Deposit opening time: 16:00 (SGT) on April 27, 2026Trading opening time: 18:00 (SGT) on April 27, 2026Withdrawal opening time: 19:00 (SGT) on April 29, 2026Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem.
According to an official announcement, the on-chain burn of GateToken (GT) for the first quarter of 2026 has been officially completed, with a total of 2,557,729.381387 GT transferred to the burn address, representing a burn value exceeding $20.68 million.Since the launch of the Gate Chain mainnet in 2019, GT has maintained a continuous burn mechanism. To date, a total of 187,377,156 GT have been burned, with a cumulative burn value exceeding $1.382 billion (at current prices). The total token supply has been significantly reduced by approximately 62.46% from its initial 300 million tokens.With the launch of Gate Layer and the gradual rollout of native applications such as Gate Perp DEX, Gate Fun, and Meme Go, the utility frequency of GT, the sole Gas token for Gate Layer, has been continuously increasing. Concurrently, Gate is driving the coordinated development of infrastructure and applications including Gate for AI Agent, GateClaw, Gate.AI, and GateRouter, leading to a simultaneous increase in on-chain transaction and interaction demand. Gate will continue to implement its long-term, stable GT burn mechanism, fostering a tighter positive feedback loop between the token's economic model and real usage demand alongside ecosystem expansion.
WEEX Exchange has announced a zero-fee campaign for HNOCoin (HNO). Users trading HNO during the campaign can share in an airdrop of 66,666,666 HNO tokens. Campaign Period: April 25, 18:00 – May 2, 18:00 (UTC+8). HNO is a U.S.-based, energy-backed digital asset supported by real-world power generation and mining infrastructure. During the campaign: - New users who make a net deposit ≥ 100 USDT and execute their first spot trade in HNO will receive a reward of 66,666 HNO. - Both new and existing users whose cumulative HNO spot trading volume reaches ≥ 100 USDT will be eligible to share in an airdrop of 33,333,333 HNO tokens based on their trading volume ranking. The top three ranked users will receive 5,333,333 HNO, 4,000,000 HNO, and 2,666,666 HNO respectively.
According to on-chain analyst Ai Aunt (@ai9684xtpa), the whale “Set 10 Big Goals” (@Jason60704294) has placed another order, opening a long position of 397.718 BTC at $77,686.5—valued at $30.89 million. BTC briefly approached $80,000 earlier today before dropping below $78,000.
According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), a dormant whale has transferred all 2,301 ETH held in its wallet to Kraken; valued at approximately $5.5 million at current prices.
Chloe (@ChloeTalk1), a columnist for HTX DeepThink and researcher at HTX Research, analyzes that the current macro framework for the crypto market has shifted from “liquidity trades awaiting rate cuts” to a constraining environment characterized by “higher-for-longer interest rates + sticky inflation + war-related shocks.” According to the latest Reuters survey, most economists have pushed back their expectations for rate cuts to after September, with nearly one-third believing no cuts will occur this year. The primary reason is that the Middle East conflict has driven up energy prices, pushing inflation trajectories higher once again and thereby constraining the Federal Reserve’s policy space. This shift directly undermines the two key narratives previously supporting crypto assets: expectations of liquidity easing and a declining interest-rate path. Elevated oil prices, coupled with consecutive upward revisions to PCE inflation expectations, increase the likelihood that interest rates will remain high—or even extend their elevated period—leading to a higher discount rate and shrinking risk budgets. As a result, marginal capital inflows into the crypto market are diminishing, and high-volatility assets broadly face mounting pressure.
Ki Young Ju, CEO of CryptoQuant, stated that Bitcoin’s current price movement is primarily driven by the futures market. Although open interest continues to rise—and ETF inflows and Michael Saylor’s ongoing purchases persist—on-chain apparent demand remains net negative. Ki Young Ju also noted that, historically, bear markets typically end when spot demand and futures demand recover simultaneously.
The core AI suite of the FLOA ecosystem, FloaClaw, has been officially launched in full, simultaneously releasing a multi-scenario AI skills matrix. These features are only accessible to Agents of Level 3 and above.As the core AI tool of the FLOA ecosystem, FloaClaw's usage requires adherence to clear rules: Users need to recharge BNB to obtain compute power-tokens (tokens), with skill consumption increasing along with task complexity; subsequently, FloaClaw will continue to iterate and scale, unlocking more new AI skills and tool modules, while also advancing a creator dividend system. This will allow Agent creators to share in the compute power-token (token) revenue from user skill consumption, and support one-click exchange and withdrawal of BNB, thereby building a sustainable creator economy loop.FLOA is an intelligent Web3 Agent ecosystem platform on the BNB Chain, integrating core capabilities such as data analysis and on-chain automation. Featuring an open incentive mechanism, it serves both as a tool for user empowerment and an efficient growth engine for the Web3 ecosystem.
According to on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain (@lookonchain), an insider APE-related address has further increased its long position in LDO, currently holding a total of 10.26 million LDO long contracts, valued at approximately $4.58 million at the current price.
Odaily Odaily News: BIT Official's daily chart analysis indicates that spot Bitcoin ETFs have recorded net inflows for nine consecutive trading days, with institutional buying power accumulating steadily and providing support for prices.It notes that Strategy has invested approximately $11 billion this year to increase its Bitcoin holdings. The combination of ETF inflows and corporate buying is helping to strengthen market absorption capacity. The analysis suggests that, in the absence of significant risk event disruptions, the current market structure remains supportive of Bitcoin's gradual upward trend.
According to on-chain analyst Ai Aunt (@ai9684xtpa), the ETH leveraged whale—whose cumulative profit over the past two months reached $44.61 million—has seen its remaining long position of 20,000 ETH turn profitable again, with an unrealized gain of $2.134 million. This position had previously incurred an unrealized loss of $1.227 million; it has since rebounded by $3.361 million from that low point. The average entry price for this position was $2,287.2. The whale took partial profits twice, on April 20 and April 21, securing a total of $1.042 million.
According to on-chain data, the Bitlayer team's multi-signature address (0x8E9E...c641) conducted token cross-chain and consolidation operations yesterday. Transaction records show that the address cross-chained BTR tokens from the ETH chain to the BSC chain and then transferred a total of 20 million BTR in two transactions (5 million and 15 million respectively) to the Binance Alpha wallet address.https://bscscan.com/tx/0x4ffd5d316c67d45c2b574473c98d8307797476476232a0a3777bc42c56f07878https://bscscan.com/tx/0x71485961b04e5385df6408a80dad9d126234f2a5da5922b5a93338dc9dbdd7a9According to CMC data, the current circulating supply of BTR is 333.28 million. The total amount transferred to Binance by this address accounts for approximately 6.00% of its circulating supply. BTR is currently trading at $0.03385, up 6.24% in the past 24 hours, with a circulating market cap of approximately $11.28 million.
According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), a whale deposited 2 million USDC into HyperLiquid and opened short positions of 21,000 BRENTOIL and 19,000 CL with 3x leverage.
According to Odaily, as monitored by crypto analyst Yu Jin (EmberCN), over the past half hour, a SOL staking whale redeemed 300,000 SOL and transferred it all to Binance, worth approximately $26.07 million.